Cross-references Explore similar Bible verses on Acts 28:18 in English Standard Version "When they had examined me, they wished to set me at liberty, because there was no reason for the death penalty in my case." Ac 23:29 I found that he was being accused about questions of their law, but charged with nothing deserving death or imprisonment. Ac 26:31 And when they had withdrawn, they said to one another, “This man is doing nothing to deserve death or imprisonment.”